Tag: Classic Douglas DC-8 Retirement
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On This Day In 1969, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 collided with a tiny Piper PA-28 at 3,550 feet, killing all 83 people in Indiana’s deadliest airline disaster.
On September 9, 1969, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 was flying from Boston to St. Louis with scheduled stops in Baltimore, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31, registered N988VJ, had 78 passengers and four crew members aboard. At the controls was Captain James Elrod, an experienced pilot with more than 23,800 flight hours, accompanied by…
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One of World’s Last Flying DC-8s Veers Off Kinshasa Runway During Takeoff, Nose Gear Collapses in Serious Mishap
One of the world’s last two airworthy Douglas DC-8 aircraft has suffered a serious runway excursion at Kinshasa International Airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Trans Air Cargo Service’s 9S-AJO, a 56-year-old DC-8-70 freighter, reportedly veered off the runway during takeoff on Tuesday morning. The aircraft came to rest with its nose landing…
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